Historien dekker et århundre.

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Breakdown of Historien dekker et århundre.

• historien: the story
• dekke: to cover
• århundret: the century

Questions & Answers about Historien dekker et århundre.

Why is it historien and not historie?

Historien is the definite singular form of historie.

• en historie = a story / a history
• historien = the story / the history

The ending -en is a very common way to mark the on masculine and many feminine nouns in Bokmål.

So in this sentence, historien means the story or the history, depending on context.

Does historien mean the story or the history?

It can mean either one.

In Norwegian, historie can mean:

• story
• history

Context tells you which one is meant. For example:

• in a novel, historien is often the story
• in a historical discussion, historien may be the history

So this is one of those words where Norwegian uses a single form in places where English often uses two different words.

What tense is dekker?